2024–25 FC Lugano season

FC Lugano
2024–25 season
ManagerMattia Croci-Torti
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League4th
Swiss CupSecond round
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ignacio Aliseda
Kacper Przybyłko
Renato Steffen
(3 each)
All:
Kacper Przybyłko
Renato Steffen
(6 each)
All statistics correct as of 24 October 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of FC Lugano, and the club's 10th consecutive season in Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League as 2023–24 Super League runner-up.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Germany Antonios Papadopoulos Germany Borussia Dortmund Free 1 July 2024 [1]
MF Canada Zachary Brault-Guillard Free agent 1 July 2024 [2]
DF Italy Mattia Zanotti Italy Inter Milan Undisclosed 13 July 2024 [3]
FW Greece Georgios Koutsias United States Chicago Fire Loan 1 January 2025

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Kosovo Kreshnik Hajrizi Poland Widzew Łódź End of contract 1 July 2024 [4]
GK Switzerland Serif Berbic Switzerland Bellinzona Loan 17 July 2024 [5]
MF Nigeria Chinwendu Johan Nkama Switzerland Bellinzona Loan 17 July 2024 [5]
FW Slovenia Žan Celar England Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 19 July 2024 [6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Stade Nyonnais Caslano
11:00
Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli
3 July 2024 Friendly Bellinzona Switzerland 1–5 Switzerland Lugano Sementina
17:30
6 July 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Aarau Caslano
14:00 Report
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli
13 July 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 3–1 Italy Parma Lugano
19:00
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 2,748
Referee: Mirel Turkes
17 July 2024 Friendly Inter Milan Italy 3–2 Switzerland Lugano Appiano Gentile, Italy
18:30
Stadium: Angelo Moratti Sports Centre

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 20 July 2024 Matchday 1 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 100.00
Swiss Cup 18 August 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 23–24 July 2024 30 July 2024 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa League 8 August 2024 Third qualifying round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 5 3 0 2 11 9 +2 060.00

Last updated: 3 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2024–25 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Lugano 18 9 4 5 30 24 +6 31 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 18 9 3 6 40 19 +21 30 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lausanne-Sport 18 9 3 6 31 22 +9 30 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Luzern 18 8 5 5 33 30 +3 29 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Servette 18 8 5 5 29 27 +2 29
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 3 0 0 7 3  +4 9 2 0 0 5 2  +3 1 0 0 2 1  +1

Last updated: 3 August 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123
GroundHAH
ResultWWW
Position341
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.[8]

20 July 2024 1 Lugano 2–1 Grasshopper Lugano
18:00
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Referee: Urs Schnyder
27 July 2024 2 Basel 1–2 Lugano Basel
20:30
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 19,866
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
3 August 2024 3 Lugano 3–1 Servette Lugano
18:00
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
11 August 2024 4 Lugano v Luzern Lugano
16:30 Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Swiss Cup
18 August 2024 First round SC Brühl v Lugano St. Gallen
15:00

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

23 July 2024 First leg Lugano Switzerland 3–4 Turkey Fenerbahçe Thun
20:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
30 July 2024 Second leg Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1
(6–4 agg.)		 Switzerland Lugano Istanbul
20:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Robert Jones (England)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg Partizan Serbia v Switzerland Lugano Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 Stadium: Partizan Stadium
15 August 2024 Second leg Lugano Switzerland v Serbia Partizan Thun
20:30 Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

References

  1. ^ "Dal Borussia Dortmund al Lugano: ecco Antonios Papadopoulos". Corriere del Ticino. 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Un difensore canadese a Cornaredo". Corriere del Ticino. 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ Mellini, Marzio (13 July 2024). "Mattia Zanotti è Bianconero".
  4. ^ "Kreshnik Hajrizi moves to Poland - KOHA.net". 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b Mellini, Marzio (19 July 2024). "Berbic e Nkama in prestito all'AC Bellinzona".
  6. ^ "QPR sign Slovenia striker Zan Celar from Lugano". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).